#maybe IDLES too

[f-imaginings]

I've been sick so bloody frequently this year, now I have an ear infection/ache so I'm on more antibiotics and pain meds AGAIN!

Anyway Chappell Roan was my most listened to artist on Spotify wrapped followed by ABBA so that's some good news amongst all the illness and drama.

[tiny-chubby-bird]

leon's breathing while there's an enemy nearby.

[gummi-ships]

Kingdom Hearts 2 - Nobodies

[astraldrake]

thoughts and feelings on Neomuna and the Cloudstriders?

it's been a minute since i ran lightfall so i went back through ishtar to read up and here's what i've got: I think they mirror the guardians in a really interesting way. While being granted the light is functionally random and not something the lightbearer in question has a say in (as they're usually dead), becoming a cloudstrider is an entirely voluntary process (with perhaps the exception of the first cloudstrider, who acquired her abilities accidentally). There's also mentions of cloustriders being vetted, meaning that the decision to become a cloudstrider is not purely up to the individual but rather the community, which is interesting when placed in contrast to how ghosts just kind of.. pick a corpse based on vibes and hope things turn out ok. Also the whole "ten years and then your body rapidly decays around you" thing versus being able to die ad infinitum (assuming nothing happens to your ghost). Also cloudstriders on their own are fascinating too. Deliberately sacrificing not only your life but, to an extent, your ability to be and act like a person is wild. From the Cloud Strider Legacies lorebook:

"You don't die after ten years. You die the second you gulp your first breath with those new nanite-enhanced lungs. You don't get to be human anymore. Not with this kind of power. You don't get foibles or fears or wants. You're an ideal.

You need to be the best things about this city—the kindness, the empathy, the courage—and you give up the luxury of weakness."

(also not to get back on the comparison train but the whole thing about becoming a cloudstrider being a death in and of itself versus resurrection being the first memory a guardian has.) Also I like Nimbus, and I hope we'll be able to give them cookies next dawning.

[baeshijima]

i have not watched epic the musical, but that whole odysseus exchange of "after everything you've done... how will you sleep at night?" / "next to my wife." and when he said "...and i will get back to my wife." had me on the FLOOR ????

get me a man who loves me even half as much as odysseus loves his wife like fr... need someone who matches HIS freak 😭

[2-d-rogue]

At the end of the game, after James watches the tape, the monsters can no longer fight you. They become weak, fragile, and even terrified of James. They're likely dying off as James is realizing the truth, and thus, they are no longer necessary.

It's kinda sad to see, honestly.

[braisedhoney]

i did not put finding a version of the phantom from the phantom of the opera so endearing it almost gave me heart palpitations on my 2023 bingo card but. here we are. i guess. damn.

[bones-n-bookles]

Once again grieving something I knew wasn't gonna hold a single drop of water from the beginning, and didn't want from the beginning

[villainsidestep]

wait tho…. the public needs to know how jay feels abt maelstrom’s murder(s?)…..

[amegeddon]

I had a stupid idea involving WuWa and a certain theme for a certain character and so. This video now exists.

[sidesteppostinghours]

having a normal time this fine morning <- is making up an au for an au

[companionwolf]

HI ABEL HI SAM WE MISSED YOU <3

[fierykitten2]

Gouging Fire actually has an idle animation that isn’t the same as it’s looking around animation? And it scratches the ground? And Delphox actually uses its stick in Scarlet and Violet in an idle animation?

[baeshijima]

so spotify wrapped huh….

heize still hanging on and i can you see your heart still hanging on too 😩 (ignores the minutes haha..)

but when they said phases…

ITS NOT A PHASE SPOTIFY !! THEYRE GOOD SONGS !! also royalcore ballroom… i like the sound of that…

HELL YEA FLOWER FANTASY MY GOAT 🫶 and hoyo-mix ur only there bc of the time i indefinitely looped cn white night… and a flash…. and ichor of two dragons… and had i not seen the sun… and cn genshin 4th anniv song… and the road not taken… and rubia my goat also…

SHUT UP ??????

[idlenight]

hey man. what is the point of phoenix carrying around his lawyer pin 24/7 and showing it off to everyone in the history of ever. if they're not even CHECKING for these pins at the courthouse.

DID PHONY-PHOENIX HAVE A PIN???? PROBABLY NOT.

[veilkeeper]

Ren Amell Combat Dialogue

so you know how in DA2 companions have all this combat dialogue? ages and ages ago I wrote out what I think my DA OC's would say if they were a companion. here's that for Ren, my beloved warden and total bitch <3

Added to the party: Naturally. Taken out of the party: Your funeral.

(more under the cut)

Combat Starting:

Well, there goes my plan for a nice afternoon stroll.

I'd rather not be bothered with this. Any chance you'll walk away? No?

I have better things to do.

(Sighs) Fine, let's get this over with.

During a fight:

Are you afraid of blood magic? You should be.

Get out of the way please!

I've got you!

Can't hide from me!

Bloodied? Good, I can use that.

(Using "Blood Sacrifice") Sorry! Need to borrow that.

Kills an enemy:

You should've walked away!

Surely you saw this coming?

Too easy.

After a fight:

I think there's blood in my hair.

Did anyone die? Anyone worthwhile, I mean.

Now, where were we?

No effect:

No luck. Try again?

I don't think this is working.

Anyone have a better idea?

About to KO:

Anyone have some spare blood?

I could use a hand here!

Backup would be appreciated!

Recovering from KO:

Well, that's embarrassing.

Sorry, I was... taking a nap.

Ow.

Low on mana:

Getting tired, here!

There's only so much I can do!

Someone else KO'd:

(If the Warden falls) Well, that's trouble.

(If the Warden falls when romanced) (panicked) I thought the 'no dying' rule was obvious, get up!

(If Alistair falls) Oh, you're in for it now.

(If Dog falls) Okay, who hit the dog?

(If Leliana falls) It's a sin to hit a Sister, you know.

(If Morrigan falls) Shit! Hang on, Morrigan!

(If Oghren falls) Low blow! Get it?

(If Shale falls) How did they kill the golem!?

(If Sten falls) Sten! Shit!

(If Wynne falls) Oh no, the old woman fell.

(If Zevran falls) There goes our mighty Crow.

(If Anders falls) You didn't escape just to die now, did you? Get up!

(If Justice falls) Come on, Justice, you're not done yet!

(If Nathaniel falls) Nathaniel, not you!

(If Sigrun falls) No Callings on my watch, Sigrun!

(If Velanna falls) She's going to be mad when she wakes up.